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Shows how the feelings of self-consciousness keep a high school boy from doing his class work well or making friends easily. The boy discovers many of his classmates suffer from similar feelings, but that several of them have overcome these feelings and developed poise and self-assurance.
Ken Smith warns: If you watch this bland film expecting to see another Shy Guy you'll be disappointed. It follows the tribulations of "Marty," who wants a part in the school play but whose self-consciousness dooms him to the inferior role of stage hand. He feels, he explains, "as if there was a spotlight on me," and the inferior stage hands at Coronet help us understand this by shining a spot on Marty whenever he has a nervous moment. Cheap, but effective. Happily, Marty's life turns around when he discovers that he's more confident than leading man "Jack" when it comes to ping pong.
Marty, who also starred in How To Say No, has a swath of shaved skin around his ears so wide you could park a truck on it.

SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS SHYNESS SOCIAL SITUATIONS ATTITUDES POISE SELF-ASSURANCE STUDENTS ADOLESCENTS SOCIAL SKILLS RELATIONSHIPS BAD HAIRCUTS